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DC Collectibles Superman By Moebius Statue
Based on the artwork of Moebius. Sculpted by Chris Dahlberg. Legendary artist Moebius brings his unique artistic style to the Man of Steel line with this newest entry in the line of statues based on the artwork from Superman #400. Limited edition of 5,200. Measures approximately 8.25" tall.

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Noteworthy Superman dates to remember...
August 7: John Glover, Lionel Luthor in Smallville, born in Salisbury, Maryland in 1944.
August 7: Writer Paul Dini (Superman: The Animated Series) born in 1957.
August 7: Michael Shannon, Zod in the 2013 Man of Steel movie, born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1974.
August 7: Eric Johnson, Whitney Fordman in Smallville, born in Edmonton, AB in 1979.
August 14: Phyllis Thaxter, Martha Kent in Superman: The Movie, dies in 2012, aged 90.
August 15: Scott Cranford, the official town Superman of Metropolis Illinois from 2000-2007, born in 1967.
August 17: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Lois Lane.
August 20: Amy Adams, Lois Lane in 2013 Man of Steel movie, born in Aviano, Italy in 1974.
August 24: In 1993, Superman returns from the dead in Superman #82.
August 28: Writer and artist Jack Kirby (Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen) born in 1917.
August 30: Glenn Ford, Jonathan Kent in Superman: The Movie, dies in 2006, aged 90.

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Okay I know some here live in areas that do not have comic book shops and some of you wait for stories to be collected in a trade paperback or hardcover. Well this thread/question is not for you this is for people who either purchase new titles on a regular basis, get stuff pulled at a comic book shop or something else. Now in relation to new titles just started or a title you may of just started collecting/reading how many issues do you give a title before you decide if you are going to continue to read/collect it. I think some of us can admit even with characters we enjoy that it is rare for every story to be a home run issue after issue.

Generally speaking, I'll give a series 2 issues before I drop it. Sometimes a story will just have a bad issue, or what you're reading just doesn't make sense until later, etc. So I'll give a single issue that I don't enjoy a pass, but if you disappoint me with 2 in a row then I just assume it isn't for me and move on.

The opposite is true for me as well, unless it's something I'm just absolutely certain I want to buy (Morrison's Action Comics or Bendis's ultimate Spider-Man both come to mind) and I'm convinced I'll enjoy ahead of time I won't buy into a new series until I've read a few issues to make sure it's worth my time. IOW, if I'm not completely sold on something straight out of the box, then I will try it out first by pirating before I decide to buy. Most of the things on my pull list are comics I never would have read if it wasn't for torrenting CBRs.

For me comics are mostly digital. Nothing to store, leave sitting around, or try to get rid of later. Just delete it and I can always download it again if I want later. I support digital comics so I never use illegal downloads for anything. Music or anything else, because I want to business to thrive.

Another reason is you can't really get a comic and it goes up in value anymore so what's the point? In the past people never knew comics, cards and what have you would be valuable so they threw them out, cut them up and put them on their wall, or something else. So those few that survived became valuable. Now everyone holds on to everything in hopes "I'll have something valuable here."

Now I have a one year subscription to JL, Action Comics and Superman because I think a complete set of unopened comics could have value. And just want to own hard copies of that first year.

I haven't collected/read comics in years. Digital comics has revived my interest and desire to read because I don't care to collect anymore. I did buy a few hard cover collections before I got a tab to download digital. Give credit to Superman Earth One for that.

Now that I'm off my soap box.....

I'll give a series about 3 issues to impress or interest me after that if I don't like it I axe it. Another reason I like digital, if I read 3 issues of an older series I can complete a series or story arc without searching shop to shop or website to website.

I'm fickle in the aspect that even if a story is good if I don't care about the character I won't read it most of the time. DC's big 3 (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) in that order it what I'll check out most of the time. That's not the only thing I'll read but what I'll go to first. Fortunately they all have interesting storylines right now IMO.
Everything else needs to be good or I'm done in 2 or 3 reads.